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sonneteers

sonneteers is the plural of sonneteer.

sonneteers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sonneteer.

Meaning of sonneteer

Noun

sonneteer (plural sonneteers)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) A writer of sonnets or small poems.
    • Some starved hackney sonneteer.1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    sonneter

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Questions about sonneteers

What is sonneteers the plural of?
Sonneteers is the plural of sonneteer.

Words near sonneteers in the dictionary

  1. sonneteered
  2. sonneteeress
  3. sonneteeresses
  4. sonneteering
  5. sonneteerings
  6. sonneteers
  7. sonneter
  8. sonneters
  9. sonnetic
  10. sonneting
  11. sonnetise

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